Livingston, and the said money after deducting charges will probably amount to twenty-five hundred dollars." The Vestry at the same meeting resolved to purchase a certain house and forty acres of * land in Bedford, at the price of sixteen hundred and twenty-five dollars, for a glebe and parsonage ; the purchase was subsequently made, and a new parsonage erected thereon in 1822. In 1804 Trinity church, New York, liberally endowed the united churches of Bedford and Newcastle with the sum of one thousand dollars; also in 1808 the further sum of one hundred and fifty dollars.

a Incorporation of religious Societies Liber, a., p. 12 j, " " " a., p. 64.

c Copied from original document 111 possession of the Clerk of the vestry of St. Peter's church, Westchester.

THE TOWN OF KEDFORD.

At a vestry meeting holden on the 8th Dec", 1806, it was resolved " that the residue of the bequest of St. George Talbot be appropriated towards defraying the cost of the building a church in Bedford." The Honbl° John Jay, Chief Justice of the United States, took an active part in the construction of this edifice and was a constant attendant upon the services held therein until the year of his death, 1829.

In 1804 it was resolved by the Vestry, "expedient to call and settle a minister without further delay; the Episcopalians of North Salem and Stephentown joined with Bedford in endeavoring to effect it. It was agreed between them, " that the minister should perform divine service in the different towns of Bedford, New Castle, North Castle and Stephentown, so often as should be in proportion to the amount of their annual subscriptions." In all these places Churchmen manifested the sincerity of their professions by subscribing liberally to the support of a minister.